Magistrate Judge Dismisses Couples’ Suit Over Sale Of Wrong Construction Policy

( May 2, 2025, 1:14 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge granted an insurance company’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by a married couple who say the insurer “presented” a policy issued by another insurer that was advertised by a broker as covering their home renovation project, but in fact applied to only new construction and therefore left them uninsured for a $150,000 fire claim, finding that the plaintiffs did not plausibly allege deceptive misconduct by the moving defendant....